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       Just to show folks that I do get out from time to 
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           My first steelhead, a nice 12 lb. male, from Stony 
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           My favorite fishin' buddy, son Ryan, with a nice 
           Houghton Lake crappie.  He catches more than his share of fish, 
           talking trash all the while.  Pro's beware. | 
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           Here he is again with his first steelhead (Spring 
           '98), a 10.5 lb. male from Lake Huron. | 
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           This nice 9 lb. Northern Pike hit a golden shiner on a 
           tip-up.  Houghton Lake. | 
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           8 lb. Coho Salmon, 7lb. steelhead, from the Pere 
           Marquette River. | 
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           Me and Ryan with a nice catch of Higgins Lake rainbow 
           and brown trout.  You'll notice who's holding the most fish. | 
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           Swamp monsters!!  4.5 lb. largemouth, 2 lb. 
           largemouth, and 5 lb. pike.  Reedsburg Backwaters/Deadstream Swamp. | 
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           10 lb. brown trout, 8 lb. steelhead, from Tawas Pier, 
           Lake Huron. | 
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           Yeah, OK, so it's a carp.  It's a biiig 
           carp.  To see how big,  click
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           This one caused a bit of "discussion" at our 
           house. HER: 
           "There is no %&#@% way you're pasting my picture all over 
           the &#@!&% internet!" ME: 
           "But honey, I think you should be proud of your pair of 3 pound 
           smallies." HER: 
           "There is no %$#&@! way........". This is our 
           compromise. Hope you like it at least as much as she does. | 
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           That's My Boy! | 
           Finally!!! This 14", 1.5 lb. perch was tops in 
           the perch category at the 2003 Tip Up Town. On display at Lyman's. |  
       Leroy's Tip  
       Like take out pizza? Save those boxes! Pizza boxes 
       make the best fish cleaning platforms that I know of. Much easier 
       than cleaning on newspaper, and they don't easily leak through, 
       making clean up a snap. 
       Leroy's Tip #2 
       To use ESB with high tech lines (which are usually 
       very limp), use a foot long piece of our old friend scrap mono with a 
       loop knot tied in one end. Thread the free end through the bobber, 
       leaving the loop above the stop bead. Thread a foot of high tech 
       through the loop and use the looped mono to pull it through the bobber. 
        
         
        
        
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